INFECTION OF HOST CELLS BY DNA VIRUSES MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY ASSIGNMENT GROUP 4
VIRAL DNA REPLICATION Hepatitis B virus Parvovirus Adenovirus Herpesvirus Polyomavirus Papillomavirus Poxvirus
• Viruses must replicate their genomes to make new progeny • This always requires expression of at least one virus protein, sometimes many (hence always delayed after infection) • DNA is always synthesized 5’ – 3’ • Replication initiates at a defined origin ( Ori ) using a primer • The host provides other proteins
Requirements for DNA Replication • Ori recognition for initiation - binding to an AT-rich DNA segment • Priming of DNA synthesis - RNA - Okazaki fragments - DNA - hairpin structures - protein - covalently attached to 5’ end • Elongation • Termination
` • Viruses don’t replicate well in quiescent cells • Induction of host replication enzymes and cell cycle regulators • Virus encoded immediate early and early gene products
• Small DNA viruses do not encode an entire replication system -encode proteins that orchestrate the host - Papillomaviridae , Polyomaviridae , Parvoviridae • Large DNA viruses encode most of their own replication systems - Herpesviridae , Adenoviridae , Poxviridae
Virus Encoded Proteins • Origin Binding Protein, Helicases and Primase • DNA polymerase and accessory proteins • Exonucleases • Thymidine kinase , RR, dUTPase
Replication Occurs at Replication Centers! • DNA templates and rep proteins • Form at discrete site ND10’s (PML bodies) • Polymerases, ligases , helicases , topoisomerases
Origin of initiation
Diverse viral genome structures
Origin Recognition Proteins • Polyoma Tag binds specifically to DNA • Papilloma E1 binds to ori in presence of E2 • AAV Rep68/78 binds at ends and unwinds DNA, also involved in terminal resolution • Adenovirus pTP binds at terminus and recruits DNA polymerase • Herpesvirus UL9 protein recruits viral proteins to AT-rich ori’s and then unwinds DNA
dsDNA Virus Genomes
ssDNA Genomes Circoviridae ITR ITR
Two Basic Modes of Replication Leading Leading Lagging
Leading vs. Lagging • Leading strand DNA synthesis is continuous • Lagging strand DNA synthesis is discontinuous • Direction of synthesis off of either template strand is the same
Protein Priming ITRs Single-stranded DNA Template Displaced ss Template DNA
The 5’-end problem
Semi-discontinuous DNA synthesis from a bidirectional origin No end problem!
Recognition and unwinding of SV40 origin Rp -A binds LT! T has 3’-5’ helicase ac.vity
Synthesis of leading and lagging strands Synthesis of long DNA Synthesis of RNA primers Synthesis of short DNA fragments Rf -C binds 3’OH along with PCNA and pol δ —RF-C a clamp loading protein —Allows entry of PCNA on DNA —Causes release of pol α Form sliding clamps along DNA
Synthesis continues…
Function of topoisomerases
SV40 large T • T is a species-specific DBP/OBP - Pre-initiation complexes do not form in the wrong species - Failure to interact with DNA pol α - primase • Binds and sequesters cell cycle regulators - Causes cells to enter S phase
Regulation of DNA synthesis • Most of our cells do not divide or do so rarely • Viruses do not replicate well in quiescent cells • Viruses must induce host replication proteins • Done by virus encoded immediate early and early gene products
Rb protein • Cellular retinoblastoma ( rb ) gene • Rb protein controls entry into S • Rb loss associated with tumors = tumor suppressor gene
Abrogation of Rb by viral proteins
DNA priming: Parvoviruses
Parvovirus DNA replication • Replication is continuous • No pol α, uses ITR to self-prime • Requires pol δ, RF-C and PCNA • Rep78/68 proteins are required for initiation and resolution: endonuclease , helicase , binds 5’-terminus • No replication fork, strand displacement No end problem!
Parvovirus DNA replication.. • When no helper adenovirus is present, Rep 78/68 level is low • Little viral DNA synthesis occurs • Genome integrates into host cell DNA • DNA replicates only in cells coinfected with helper adenovirus • Adenoviral helper proteins allow synthesis of large quantities of Rep 78/68